Last month PayPal hired Amanda Groty from Hill+Knowlton Strategies as senior director of comms for EMEA. Groty works out of London and Luxembourg.

In a statement, PayPal said: "As we move toward becoming an independent, public company later this year, we are ensuring we have the best comms agency partnerships to deliver world-class work. Re-evaluating our EMEA and APAC relationships is central to that process. No changes are planned for the agency make-up in the Americas."